Determination of Stress Functions of a Curved Beam Subjected to an Arbitrarily Directed Single Force at the Free End

Osman Kılıç; Alaattin Aktaş

doi:10.3390/mca7020181

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1 August 2002

Determination of Stress Functions of a Curved Beam Subjected to an Arbitrarily Directed Single Force at the Free End

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Department of Civil Engineering, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey

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Math. Comput. Appl.2002, 7(2), 181-188;https://doi.org/10.3390/mca7020181

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In this study, closed form stress functions of a curved beam are determined by theory of elasticity. The beam is subjected to a single force arbitrarily directed at the free end. Stresses are plotted for various sections of the beam and various directions of the force.

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curved beam; stress function; elasticity

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